Kansas Notes highlights and local curiosities
Eldorado reports a $40 000 project and BeDGHAL postmasters. Salina cites a frozen pump case. Wilfield farmer W J Serrot finds gas. starts drilling. Topeka police aim to limit liquor sales. druggists to be prosecuted. Kansas institutes report 59,000 attendees. Kansas apple tale linked to Paris. Ruth Ph, daughter of the late senator, to marry. Manhattan notes conjugal training at the Agricultural College. College shops finish ball bearings for scales. regents seek 145 000 for new buildings including physics chem, horticulture, chapel, library, and gym.
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Salina
W. J. Serrot
Winfield
Kansas
Osage City
Clarence Olson
Lindsboro
Yale
Harvard
Ottawa
Wilber
Metcalf
Perry Hoisington
Kansas National Guard
Eldorado
Brown County
Wit Horton
State Agricultural College
Wilson
Ellis
Supreme Court
Paris
Hills
Manhattan
Kansas State
Agricultural College
Pride
State Normal
Emporia
Ruth
Schuyler Colfax
Brewster
Iola
Mary
Carolyn
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Missing Assistant Cashier Accused of Large Bank Shortage
The German National Bank of Newport Kentucky reports Frank M. Brown, missing assistant cashier, caused an alleged shortage of about 191 500. He reportedly fled November 13 with less than 500. Brown supposedly used memory to hide false entries, shifting deposits between ledgers to conceal theft.
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Tucker
German National Bank of
Newport
Frank M. Brown
Brown
Fremont Man Drops Dead In Sioux City Office
Thomas Dillon, 72, died at a Sioux City law office where he and his wife signed papers for a pension claim after their son, a Philippine War veteran, died serving Uncle Sam. A doctor attributed the cause to rupture of an aneurysm of the aorta. The couple, recent Fremont, Nebraska transplants, planned to send the body back there.
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Thomas Dillon
Fremont
Neb
Sioux City
Dan H. Sullivan
Philippines
Uncle Sam
Dillon
Decatur Coal Dealers Prepare Own Market Share
A conference in Decatur involving operators from Springfield Riverton Taylorville and Decatur and United Mine Workers officials settled a plan for Decatur dealers to buy one quarter of their coal from local Decatur mines. The move averts a threatened strike as outside operators accused local dealers of seeking to exclude them from competition while prices stay unchanged.
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United Mine Workers of Illinois
Decatur
Springfield
Rivert
Tehfield
Taylorville
United. Mine Workers
Iiinois
Attempted Forgery Tied to Nebraska City Pair
Two Colorado men, C. C. Murray and J. C. McDonald, attempted to buy goods in Nebraska City with eight dollar checks signed by farmer John Willman who had no bank account. After returning to other stores, they were stopped and paid out changes. Police arrested them at a train station. they were bound over to district court.
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I. Goldham
Nebraska City
Nebraska City National Bank
John Willman
H. F. Litton
Mr. Goldham
District Court
C. C. Murray
J.C. McDonald
Colorado
Invents Telegraph Typewriter by Pearne Brothers
Frank and W S Pearne of Grand Island Nebraska travel to Syracuse to view a factory opened for the manufacture of a new telegraph typewriter patent. If practicable the device could aid Western Union offices and metropolitan newspapers by rapid copy dispatch and distribution. The Pearnes expect wide use by major news gatherers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank
W.S. Pearne
Grand Island
Neb
Syracuse
Frank Pearne
Western Union
Métreopolitan N
Gran Island
Morgan to succeed Moody as Northfield pastor
The Rev G Campbell Morgan, pastor of the Congregational Chapel Wellington Park London, announced from his pulpit that he will accept the pastorate at Northfield Massachusetts in succession to the late Dwight L Moody. In a resignation letter he said the Northfield invitation was the call of God and that his departure will occur not later than February.
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G. Campbell Morgan
New York Court
Wellington _ park
London
Northfield
Mass
Dwight L. Moody
God
Judge Grants Temporary Injunction In Muscatine Cigarette Tax Case
Judge Brennan of Muscatine district court issues a temporary injunction stopping Muscatine County from collecting the 300 state mulet tax from local cigarette dealers. The American Tobacco Company backs the dealers, arguing the tax conflicts with interstate commerce law as a test case proceeds.
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Brennan
Muscatine
Muscatine County
American Tobacco Company
Paving Way to Civil Law in Philippines Legislature
The Philippine commission held a session on November 20 and publicly designated bills to establish municipal governments across Benguet province and Luzon and a provisional provincial government measure. The bank legislation under review parallels U.S. law and requires foreign bank branches in the Philippines to report their condition. General MacArthur has returned from Subic Bay.
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Phillippines Commission
Benguet
Luzon
United States
General McArthur
Subig’ Bay
News in Brief From Around the States and World
The clippings note claims of czarist policy shift and a New York vice crackdown. Postmaster General Smith denies plans to resign next month. Georgia Governor Chandler calls a maritime congress for Brunswick on January 30, 2001. Mississippi health officials report two yellow fever cases and one death in Brook Haven. President McKinley offers Frank P. Sargent the bureau of engraving and printing directorship. Iowa State Teachers Association meets December 26 28. Colonel Kittson named military attaché to the British embassy, succeeding Arthur Lee. Sandy elected to Parliament.
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Smith
Chandler
Georgia
Brunswick
State Board of Health
Mississippi
Brook Haven
Itaaka
State Teachers’ ’Association
Kittson
Arthur. Lee
Sandy
Chadron Banker A. A. McFadden Dies in Bed
From Chadron Nebraska comes word that A A McFadden president of Citizens State Bank is dead. He was found in his bed of heart failure. He previously worked in Chicago banks and helped establish a bank in Omaha. He headed the Chadron bank since arrival and will be buried by the Masons.
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Chadron
Neb
A. A. McFadden
State Bank
Chicago
Omaha
Chadron_an
Kansas Territory Anniversary Speech Praises Civilization Advance
Colonel John A. Martin lauds the transformation of Kansas from wild plains to a productive, machine powered landscape. He cites labor saving devices, fields of wheat and corn, dairy stock, orchards, and developed towns as symbols of a thriving, law abiding society within the 81 009 square mile territory.
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Territory of
Kansas
John. A. Martin
Coburn
Martin
Plains
Texas
Kansas Horticultural Society Meet Sets December Programme
The thirty-fourth annual Kansas State Horticultural Society gathering in Topeka will run December 27 28 and 29 with talks on What to Do With Cull Apples Bitter Rot in Apples Paris Exposition Does Variation in Trees Come From Bud or Root Our Native Currants and Huckleberries Pan American Exposition Floriculture Horticulture in Schools Kansas Semi Centennial Parks and related topics by a roster of speakers including H L Ferris Prof John Stinson W A Taylor W H Barnes A H Greisa R N Baker L F Randolph H E Van Deman Mrs J J Alexander Miss E Beyer Frank Nelson OM Philips Edward Wilder H R Hilton and S H Downs.
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Kansas State Horticultural Society
Topeka
H. L. Ferris
John Stinson
W. A. Taylor
W. H. Barnes
A. H. Greisa
Salt plant proposal at Hutchinson state reformatory
The article notes a proposal to run a salt plant at Hutchinson Kansas state reformatory by prisoners. Governor Stanley supports measures to break a monopoly but questions expanding state enterprises. He says a successful twine plant at Lans ing could influence salt trust decisions if beneficial to farmers.
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Hutchinson
Kan
Lansing
Stanley
Kansas
Salt Trust
Chancellor Snow leaves Kansas for California on leave
Chancellor Snow of Kansas State University departs for California to spend his leave of absence. He travels directly to Stanford University to be with Vernon L Kellogg, a former friend and current professor there. His winter plans are undecided, but he may stay on the West Coast for a time.
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California
Snow
Kansas State University
Leland Stanford
Vernon L . Kellogg
Wealth in Kansas Schools Reports by State Superintendent
Reports from Kansas public instruction show 9,297 school houses with a total value of 11 655 511. In 1899, 193 houses were built at an average cost of 1 000. Sumner leads with 200 houses, Sedgwick 180, Shawnee 126, Morton the smallest with 10.
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Kansas
Sumner
Sedgwick
Shawnee
Morton
Kansas State Vote Totals Show McKinley Lead in 1896
County returns total 349,927 with McKinley at 188,881 and Bryan at 162,077 for president. Governor results show Stanley (Republican) 179,407 and Breidenthal (Fusion) 168,830. Republicans set to hold a strong majority of 71 on joint ballot in coming legislature.
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Kansas
McKinley
Bryan
Stanley
Breidenthal
Fusion
Atchison Banker Barratt Indicted on Misappropriation Charge
Barratt of Atchison former cashier of the defunct Atchison National Bank indicted by federal grand jury on charge of misappropriating funds. He will be placed under arrest.
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Barratt
Topeka
Norman’. Barratt
Atchison
Atchison National Bank
Federal Guard
National— ‘Bank
Train's Odd Habits of George Francis Train in New York
The article describes George Francis Train living in a Millis hotel room in New York for a month without leaving. He rises early to read newspapers and plans a round the world journey in 33 days via the Transsiberian railway and other routes. It notes his belief in extreme travel times and mentions days, hours, and electricity-related details.
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Train
George Francis Train
Millis
New York
Tor “Circle
Peruna touted by Minneapolis woman in 1890s letter
A prominent Minneapolis woman testifies to Peruna as a cure for chronic catarrh after six years of illness. She credits daily use before meals and claims lasting health improvement beyond twenty years, noting Peruna removes systemic catarrh to restore digestion and nerves. The notice invites readers to request books from The Peruna Medicine Company in Columbus, Ohio.
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Perana
Perana Medicine Company
Columbis
Ohio
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